Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti
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Vaisnava Culture and Studies
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Contents
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This book was produced with the wonderful help of Pradyumna Prabhu, Kripa Ram Prabhu, Saranagati devi dasi, Gaurahari Prabhu, Sacimata devi dasi, Srinivas Acharya Prabhu, Ranga Puri Prabhu, Bhagavatamrta Prabhu, and Bhakti B. Vishnu Maharaj. Brajendra Nandana Prabhu sponsered the first english printing. I am eternally indebted to them.
This book is dedicated
to
all Vaisnavas and to Bhakti Devi.
Bhakti Devi's wonderful plan to inundate
the whole world with the Holy Names
of Her Lord and Master
is our saving grace.
The holy sandals of Srila Prabhupad
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur in Sri Vrajasvananda Sukhada Kunj, Sri
Radha Kunda, are shown on the cover.
Srila Prabhupad appeared in this world
to save the fallen and conditioned souls. As a chosen messenger of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, he invigorated His sampradaya by introducing many
novel preaching strategies which successfully faced the rapidly changing
conditions of the people in this age of Kali.
He descended, along with some of his eternal
associates, in order to fulfill the divine plan of the Lord.
Praying to his lotus feet we beg to be
admitted in the realm of the servants of his servants, and be blessed by
the mercy of all the Vaisnavas.
May his glories be spread all over the
three worlds.
Dear readers
Please accept my dandavat pranams at your
feet. Kindly try to follow these recommendations in order to get acquainted
with the scope and spirit of this book.
1. Read it from beginning to end.
2. Forgive the author for any omissions
or mistakes unwillingly committed.
3. Put all your doubts aside and agree
to judge only after you have considered all the points presented herewith.
4. Try to find the answers to the doubts
you have had about the Gaudiya Math and any of its branches.
5. Notice that this book was not written
to diminish anybody, but rather to realistically glorify all Gaudiya Math
branches.
6. Let us not spare any effort to harmonize
the relationship amongst the vaisnavas in all the world.
Apologies:
This book has been compiled with the help
of many Vaisnavas. Since many of them do not remember many historical details
we have compiled the records as we could gather the information. Nevertheless,
this is not a complete record and much more research has to be done to
include any additional members or important events in the history of the
Gaudiya Math and all of its branches.
We have also gathered more information
on some missions than on others. The real purpose of this book, however,
is to bring Vaisnavas from all over the world closer to each other; and
this purpose can be served even if more people and events are to be added
in future editions.
Thank you very much for taking your valuable
time to read this book which is an offering to your feet. I have no qualification
to write about all the great souls mentioned in this book. For my own purification,
I have accumulated all their Holy Names and researched some of the sociological
aspects of our growing Vaisnava community.
It is my hope that this book may please
you all.
Daso'smi
Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti
VRINDA
VRINDAVAN INSTITUTE FOR VAISNAVA CULTURE AND STUDIES